I know it wouldn't decrease the coin's value, as such. I just don't like damaging something that's pristine. (If I did decide to do it to this...
I know, that's part of the attraction. :) The ASE I've been pocket-carrying for six or seven years still doesn't show nearly as much wear as the...
Man, they really DID want all the silver, didn't they?
You bet, if you made a profit based on the values of the two coins. Barter is totally taxable, at least in the eyes of the government, and since...
Yeah, not so much. Our house value basically doubled during the first 20-odd years we lived here. In the last year or so, it's gone up a good 40%...
Alaska get so much oil money that they flat-out pay a dividend to residents. They also have high BEER taxes. :eek: Florida has tourists. Nevada...
I still really want to do this with a 2014 gold Kennedy. PF70 is boring; I want a lowball. But so far, I don't have the nerve.
I got my undergrad degree (computer science) in 1984. I thought seriously about getting a job in California, with California wages, and just...
The Apocalyptic Revenge of the Nerds. Lucifer's Hammer by Niven and Pournelle has that as a sub-theme. One of the heroes is an overweight,...
So do I. It was around 2011-2012.
Bingo. Post-apocalypse, the most valuable thing you can have is community.
Like video on a big-screen TV, but with no controls.
And in a deflationary or flat environment, lots of people will do exactly that. My mom's parents had (for the time) a nice nest-egg at the...
I thought the same thing. Unfortunately, the closer shots make it look like a scratch. :(
I grew up in the 1970s, with "inflation BAD" as the universal assumption -- and when inflation was stubbornly in double digits, it was bad. Since...
Huh. Decades in the hobby, 11+ years here on CoinTalk, and this is the first time this distinction has caught my notice.
I was visiting my dad early in the week, and we went to a Mennonite meat shop in a nearby small town. Their prices had gone up, too, but they were...
PCGS Genuine Brain Damage
Then it's likely that someone else cleaned them before he got them. They show unmistakable signs of cleaning -- smooth, shiny surfaces, coupled...
So, if it's a squared quarter, does that make it a sixteenth?
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